Improvement in car-starters



J'. M. MAYHEW.

CAR-STARTER.

No.174,966, Patented March 21,1876.

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N. PEHS. PHOTO-UTHDGRAFHER. WASHINGTON. D C.

PATE-avr Orrrcno JAMES M. MAYHEW, on MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, Assr'enon To ERASTUS M. `REED AND JACOB A. BLAKE, OF SAME PLACE.

S pecitication forming part of Letters Patent No. [74.966, dated March 21,1876; application filed i l February 2l, 1876.

Be it known .that'LJAMEs M. MAYHEW,

` ot Mansfield, ot' lthcounty of Bristol and are generally subjected `in starting such cars.

My invention isintended for such purpose, or to enable the draft-animals 'to accomplish the starting of the carwith a lunch less expenditure of force than results when the pole is, directly attached to the platform, or a bracket extended therefrom.

In the drawings, A` denotes the truck-platform; B and C, itsaxles, and D D D D the i'onr wheels thereof'. There is fixed to the inner side of one of the wheels D, concentrically with its axle. a ratchet-wheel, E, and to `the inner side of the latter a brake-wheel,

F, is attached. The drawings represent each rear wheel as having such aratchet- A brake, G, composed of a series ofrcurved bars, a b c, hinged together, embraces the wheel F, and at one end. is pivoted. to the truck-frame, the other or upper end of Said brake being Vpivoted to a carrying-lever, H, arranged as shown. The fulcrum of the said lever is at or near its lower end, and issupported by the truck-platform. Two ot' such levers are represented in the drawings, one for each of the rear wheels, each lever having pivoted to it, near its upper end, one of two draw or linked pawls, I I, thatengage with the' ratchet-wheels. .At their inner ends their pawls are'pivoted to two connection-rods, K K, which, at their front ends, are jointed to a slider, L, provided at its front end with a vbackward upon and over their ratchet-wheels.

Thus, while the car is in thezact of being stopped `by the brake, the draw-'pawls will be set back upon the ratchet-wheels.

The pole of the draft-animals being hooked upon the hook M, the starting forward yot' the carriage may be effected by them alone, or .by them andthe driver, or by the driver alone,

who, by taking hold ot' the lever N and push- Y ing it forward, will cause the draw-pawls to act upon the ratchet-wheels in a manner to revolve the rear wheels and sta-rt the car forward.

After the pawls may have turned the wheels forward a certain distance such pawls will be drawn up out of action with the ratchetwheels, which will be free to revolve with the main wheels as the car may be in movement.

To each pair of wheels there may be such a brake mechanism and starter, the levers N being at opposite ends of the platform.

, A car-starter, as explained, may be used without the brake mechanism, as described, being applied to it, as specified. It may be used with 011e or both ot' a pair of wheels.

I claiml. The car-starter, substantially as described, composed of the lever N, hooked' slide L, ratchet-wheel E, draw-pawl I, carrying-lever H, and connection-rod K, applied to each of the pair of rear wheels 1) D andthe brake? frame, all essentially as set forth.

2. The combination ot the brake-wheel F and brake G with the lever H, theratchet E, and the draw-pawl I, all being applied to the car-platform and one of its wheels, substantially in manner and to operate as specified.

JAMES M. MAYHEW.

Witnesses R. H. EDDY,

J'. R. SNOW. 

